Movie
Private Benjamin
Overview
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
Details
- Release date
- 1980-10-06
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Goldie Hawn as Judy Benjamin
- Eileen Brennan as Capt. Doreen Lewis
- Armand Assante as Henrí Trémont
- Robert Webber as Col. Clay Thornbush
- Sam Wanamaker as Teddy Benjamin
- Barbara Barrie as Harriet Benjamin
- Mary Kay Place as Pvt. Mary Lou Glass
- Harry Dean Stanton as Sgt. Jim Ballard
- Albert Brooks as Yale Goodman
- Alan Oppenheimer as Rabbi
- Estelle Marlov as Vocalist at Wedding
- Everett Covin as Bandleader
Crew
- Howard Zieff - Director
- Nancy Meyers - Writer
- Charles Shyer - Writer
- Harvey Miller - Writer
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